different between misconception vs misunderstanding

English

Etymology

mis- +? conception or misconceive +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m?sk?n?s?p.??n/

Noun

misconception (countable and uncountable, plural misconceptions)

1. a mistaken belief, a wrong idea

   There are several common misconceptions about the theory of relativity.

   You're obviously under the misconception that I care about your problems.

   He had the misconception that the word "misconception" meant becoming pregnant with a girl.

Translations

Anagrams

• conceptionism

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?s?nd??stænd??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m?s?nd??stænd??/
• Rhymes: -ænd??
• Hyphenation: mis?un?der?stand?ing

Noun

misunderstanding (plural misunderstandings)

1. A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
   • 1965, Haile Selassie, African Liberation Day speech

     Because of misunderstandings among certain member states of the Organization of African Unity's voices have been occasionally raised recently against the convocation of the Assembly in Accra. Nonetheless, the regular Assembly of the Heads of State and Government was, in the first place, designed to find peaceful solutions, through deliberations and frank exchange of views to such misunderstandings among member-states.

2. A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.

Translations

Verb

misunderstanding

1. Present participle and gerund of misunderstand.

Further reading

• misunderstanding in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• misunderstanding in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.zan.der?st?n.din?/

Noun

misunderstanding m (invariable)

1. (informal, neologism) misunderstanding, misconception, incomprehension

   Synonyms: equivoco, fraintendimento, incomprensione, malinteso, qui pro quo